I’ve been getting these text-spam messages since last summer, when
I set up a new Facebook account and turned on two-factor
authentication. I created the new profile with somewhat vague
intentions of using it for professional purposes — I didn’t like
the idea of messaging sources from my primary Facebook account,
where they could flip through pictures of my high school prom or
my young nephews. But I didn’t end up using the profile often, and
I let it sit mostly abandoned for months at a time.

At first, I only got one or two texts from Facebook per month. But
as my profile stagnated, I got more and more messages. In January,
Facebook texted me six times — mostly with updates about what my
ex was posting. This month, I’ve already gotten four texts from
Facebook. One is about a post from a former intern; I don’t
recognize the name of one of the other “friends” Facebook messaged
me about.

This is nuts — how scummy does Facebook have to be to punish people who do the right thing by setting up two-factor security?